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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1921)
V of 0 LIBRARY Crook County' J o ureal. COJNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOM'MK XXV. EAGLE TO "We have mat the enemy and they re ours." Such In substance la tba general expression ot thuaa who were fortunate anouxb to attend tba Rone Festival In Portland last weak, with King Alfalfa and bla marcbrhg escort. Sixty-six num. all In tba official uniform, composed a (roup ot men four wide and a block long, march ing nnar the bond of tba parade for four bnura a week ago today, and wore people learned to Bay "Oohoo eo" and to respect and boost for the live bunch of men who had driven the 2G0 miles to got In line there, than had ever before. Fred Houlacbur anya that 'plana are already under way to hold the 1922 fontlvnl In Crook count jr, and whether tlio center of festivities will be at Powell Duttn Community Hull or at the Ochoco Hum will bo 'loft to a vote ot the Irrigator!. We are not pri'parod to state that this li official, but If Fred and the bunch go after the show for Crook county, we have no douht that It will bo held here. If audi a change wore made, It la ure that thore will be more pep to the occasion' than hua ever been seen before. ' A banquet at Hotel Benson, atten ded by the Irrigators In a body, and at which the Blue Mountain Oil Cas Company were bosU, was one of the Important features of the pro gram. Following the banquet the entire group attended the theatre, guests of J. B. Sparks ot this city. Here s everywhere else, the Irrigators captured the place and did some real advertising stunts. At Motel Portland, the general headquarters for King Alfalfa and Ms court, the only men who receiv ed attention were those In blue dent in and straw beta. We are not prepared to say Just what happened Wednesday evening ANNOUNCES DANCE AT THE WAREHOUSE Omur Wilson announces that he will have a big dunce at the Tum-A-Lum warehouse which he Is rushing to completion, Saturday evening, June 25. Mimic Is to be furnlshe-d by the Johnson Creek Jazz Band, and the proceed)) of the function, he says, are to be used for the purchase ot uniforms tor the musicians. J. C. Houston ot Roberts reports the loss of a valuable cow on Thurs day evening. In the afternoon Mr. Houston had passed by the pasture where the cow was grazing and noticed that she was feeding from a bed of Jim Hill mus tard. Later that evening when the cow did not return to the barn, he supposed that she had merely stray ed off, and undertook to bring her in. After searching around the field he found her where she had died. Mr. Houston thinks that dea th occurred from the mustard she had eaten, although lie had no pre vious experience of this kind. At any rate it would pay to investigate into the matter, as an ounce of pre vention Is worth a pound of cure. Percy Smith ia visiting in Prlne vllle with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith. c if t m is OF CROOK COUNTY SCREAM when the Irrigators attended the theatre In a group, for the reaaon of rigid censorship of attacbeea of King Alfalfa'a court We will leave the deductions to the reader, and will leave It to our frlond David Hazen ot The Tele gram who told tba story aa follows: Oh, say, some of the dimple-kneed darljngs of Mary are aure going to have burning ears when the next tlon of the various Irrigation struc meeting of the Prlnevllle Sewing tures of the country, circle Is held. The men here from j Mr. Scobey ilslted the Ochoco res Crook County for the Rose Festival ervolr with Fred Hoelscher. Ben Sor cantured the bunch at the Holllg last dal. Engineer' Froyseth, and Fred night, Just bog-tied their little N. Wallace of Tumalo. hearts and roped their mrry aouis; He aays the Ochoco reservoir Is like the boya of the Bar-7 ranch take much like many other earth fill In the yearlings, j dams he has visited, all of which The peppy maids of Mary every have eonie leakage, and thore Is ab ono of whom Is kept busier than a solutely no fenture of the local slt hlred girl In a family of ton, put In untlon that Is unusual or In the an additional fifty pounds of Jazs leant more than should be expected, ; continued over from the May ex for the Prlnevlllo Irrigators at the Mr. Scobey says also that these se-,: animations and in part of .them the opening show. Portland post of the American Legion, whose handsome young offlcora thought they were go- initiated. Ing to capture Mary's chorus were' Mr. Scobey Is author of a number backed off the footlights by the buc-'of very Important government bulle caroos. tins on Irrigation and Irrigation stru- Throughout most of the show the cturea. girls wore the ribbons of the Crook j County crew, and In the laat act wonderfully winsome Margurlte len der almost wrecked some Prlnevllle home by wearing the colore of one 6f that town'a loading citizens. This wee maid, who can act and slug and dance, was a stranger In these parte, but If she doesn't leave Oregon with a deed to a big Crook County ranch hid away In her stock- lugs, Its because It waa too audden. The large chorua and the many dancera with Mary suggested to tbe Prlnevllle delegation the definition of the proper way to klaa as explain- ed by Gaston Marceau "So full of linger, so full of longer." If you want to forget the high water, the in. on mo morigane ana even next month's alimony, go see Mary. L NEXT MONDAY The annual school elections will he hold throughout the county and state next Monday. In the country districts, 2 o'clock In the afternoon Is the usual hour for these meetings, and the school house la the place. Business to be transacted this year will be the election of clerk and one director In most districts. There will be no voting on spec ial school taxes, as such for some reason Is held Illegal at this election according to instructions received by J. E. Myers, county superintend ent from the attorney general. In the Prlnevllle, district the meet ing will be held at 10 in the morn ing, and a good meeting la In pros pect because ot the fact that discus sion of a ten months term will be taken up, It Is said. THIRD STRKKT IS INSTALLING LIGHTS A series ot three street lights, on the south side of third street Is be ing installed this week by the Des chutes Power Company. The lights will front on the prop erties of the First National Bank, J. E. Stewart & Company store and the Masonic block, and the cost Is being divided equally by these institutions. The work Is being done at a cost of $125 each to the people mentioned, and will be a decided .improvement to the property. Third street may rival main In Im portance some day. FOR ALL CENTRAL I'lilNKVIIXR, (ROOK COUNT!', OREGON TlllltHDAV. iVK 1, 1021 ON THE GOVT. ENGINEER ; VISITS OCHOCO Fred C. Bcobey, civil engineer of long experience, waa in Prlnevllle Tuesday on one of bis trips of Inspec- pages will gradually diminish until they will. In time, be practically el-J VISITORS LIKE CROOK CO. FOLKS Mrs. Ban Puett lives 70 miles from the nearest railroad. Her home is near Paulina, way up on the Crooked river from Prlnevllle. If the" Puetta want strawberries or head lettuce they have to carry It 70 me8i but once they get It there they have the dwellera on the lowlands beaten, for In that rare dry -air over 000 feet higher than Portland, per- Enables keep for weeks at a time. A few weeks ago Mrs. Puett enter- tained two Finland couples who were touring Crook county. They made arrangements for their stay over that godsend to the Isolated farmer, the rural phone. On their arrival, about 11 P. M., the Puetts were on the watch and had a great supper for the hungry travelers, seven hours out of Prlnevllle. There were fried spring chicken with cream gravy, new potatoes, home made bread, tender young peas, strawberry shortcake, savory coffee and the unbeatable home kind of preserves and aweets. One of the city visitors drank his coffee black. He did no recognize the rich, yel low clotted cream In a bowl thot It was mayonnaise for the head let tuce. The two women of the party, when they found that gallons of the rich milk was fed to the hogs each day, thought It preferable to be a pig tn Crook county than a city drin ker of separated milk. Mrs. Puett's son was home. He Is a University of Oregon man, belongr to one of the beet-known fraterni ties and has a fine war record. The Puetts live in a great country, their nearest neighbors are four miles away but there are a dozen families within as manj miles, and they fre quently visit each other, the women especially exchanging gossip over i the telephones. After city people have seen the spa'clousnss ot this country and Inhaled a few lungsful of the plentiful rare air. the life of the tiller of the soil begins to loom as the real existance of all. It is a vast country and the people who live In It typify Its bravery. Portland i got a good look at a choice collec tion of these residents of great east ern Oregon when they saw the Prlne vllle Irrigators march in the Robb Festival parade. Oregontan. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Gray and Har old motored to Bend Monday. Har old will work there this Bummer. OREGON nn7n,nn ni7 GLORIOUS FOURTH EIGHTH GRADE JUNE EXAMS. The Eighth grade examinations for June have been given and the fol lowing students received passing grades: District No. 1 Prlnevllle: Roder ick Lafollette, Blanche Emerson, Edith Koch, Birdie Gulllford- District No. 86: Prlnevllle: Ste phen Bailey. District No. 40; Suplee: Lora De lore. District No. 21; Combs Flat: Le na Keif. District No. 32; Neva Hinee. Part of these examinations were students took the entire test. A letter addressed to the differ ent district attorney in. Oregon Is being sunt out by S. O. Correll, secre tary of the Cattle and Horse Raisers Association ot thie state, calling at tention to the law, which imposes a "ne of 250 on nTOn ttot record- lng their brande. The association recently passed the following resolution in thia con- nection: WHEREAS, There is a large num- ber ot cattle ownera in the State who are branding their cattle and who have neglected to comply with the law of the State In regard to record- ing their brands, and WHEREAS, The Oregon law ia now sufficient, imposing a fine of $250 for not recording brands, now THEREFORE, Be is resolved that the Cattle and Horse Raisers' Asso ciation of the State of Oregon ask the District Attorneys ot the various counties of this State at once to com mence proceedings against all those who have failed to comply with the law, and BE FT FURTHER RESOLVED. That the Secretary of this Associa tion send a copy of this resolution to every district attorney in the State of Oregon and cause the Bame to be published. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the executive committee of this Association shall provide funds, it necessary, to see that these prosecu tions are commenced at once. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .. CONFUSED WITH COM. CLUB . ' Through an error In the Jour- nal last week the regular lunch- eon is accredited to the County Chamber of Commerce. There is no relationship be- tween the two organizations. The Prlnevllle Commercial club being a live wire group of bu- siness men . who meet every Tuesday noon at Hotel Prine- ville and discuss matters of ln- terest of the city and county- They act only In an advisorary capacity, and have been the means of accomplishing much good for the community. The County Chamber of Com- merce, Is an organization wfiieh reaches into all parts of the , county, solves county problems only, and although new. 'is ac- complishing a great deal of good already for the county at large. ? CITY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CITY OF PRINEVILLE ASK FOR INCREASE IN LIGHT AND POWER Naming new and Increased rates for domestic lighting and electric power, the Deschutes Power Com pany has filed a new proposed tariff with the public service commission at Salem. Unless suspended by the Public service commission following the showing of cause by Interested peo ple, the new rates will go Into effect July 1. Prlnevllle, Redmond, Cul ver, Mctalius and Madras will be ef fected. The new service charges stipulate a minimum of 1 1 .25 for residence light. The rate at present is $t 00 Charge for additional liglr: is also slightly advuiQ. City Chare-' Stationary. The new tariff proposes a reduc tion In the charge of electric heat ing in connection with a range. Where the charge is now $5.00 a month a KW, it will under the new rate be reduced to $3.50 a montb. CROOK CO. BOYS OFF FOR 0. A. C. Two Crook county youngsters, Chas. McClun from the eastern part of the county and Max Hopper from the western division, left Sunday ev ening for Corvallis where they will received two weeks lnstruition in ag ricultural matters at the hands ot college Instructors. These boys won the trip by hav ing the best displays at the 1920 Inter-State Fair, and are to receive the trip, expenses paid, as prizes tor their efforts. ' Chas. McClun estimates that the value of his garden will reach about $75.00, which in addition to the trip, repays him well for the effort required. The boys are each 13 years of age and the Journey will be one that they will long remember. WEDDING BELLS On Tuesday afternoon at three o' clock, Orval Hayes and Miss Wilma Roberts were married at the home of the brides mother. Mrs. C- L. Ro berts in this city, by Rev. M. R. Gal laher. Both Mr. Hayes and his wife are graduates of the high Bchool and have many friends in that institution and in town. The bride and groom will make their home In this city. Evangelistic Services 10:00 A. M., Bible School in all churches. 11:00 A. M., Evangelist Marshall will preach in the Methodist Church. 1:30., Basket lunch in Baptist Church. 2:30-, Bible Study. 8:00 P. M., Preaching. The Junior Shuraia Club held their last meeting for this summer at Mrs. Sam Ellis' country home. PROGRAM AT POWELL ! BUTTE OX JUNE 24TH. On Friday, June 24th at the Pow- ! ell Butte Community Rail, the Red- j iter Orchestra will provide special j music for a program and entertain- ment. This orchestra travels from ple.ee to place and renders first class j music. Everybody come and have a . good time. i NO. 80 11 OF 11 Four fast teams will meet on the Prlnevllle diamond July 3-4-6 in one of those tournaments that Have mad baseball on the local lot Bl attract ion for many years. Antelope, Vancouver, Washing ton, Maupin and Madras are each; sending strong teams, and purse of sufficient size to make the meet at tractive ia assured to contestants. The Prlnevllle aggregation, un der the management of Sam Ganger is rapidly whipping into shape and as usual will make a strong effort to keep the money at home. Tournament manager. R. W. Zer ely says that every team will have a run tor the money, and everyone who knows him is confident that tba meet will be a big success. A regular old time celebration will be held on July 4, and patrlotie speaking, street sports, and all that goes with such a celebration is pro mised those who spend the fourth here this year. , THE HAV HARVEST BEGINS Hay harvest started In a number of localities on - Monday, and the next ten days will see the harvest under way generally. ? One of the best crops that has ev er been cut in this county will be the result ot the harvest this year. Aa increase in tonnage estimated aa high as fifty per cent over former years Is predicted, and while there is an unusual amount of cheet In the alfalfa the first cutting, the quality ot the product will be very good. Grain is extremely heavy In all parts of the country. Heavy rya crops are being taken off of ground that has not produced so much feed before in years. The indications are that help will be abundant and wages lower than at any time since before the war. While of course it Is impossible to tell Just yet., what the wages will be, men have been hired during the week in considerable numbers, and the highest wages we have heard mentioned were $2.00 per day, and as low as. $1.60 has been mentioned. A Portland employment agency sends word to the effect that men can be had in abundance tor har vest work at $45.00 per nronth or $2.00 per day. the employee to pro vide his bed. There Is also considerable discus sion regarding hay prices, but it la too early yet to tell Just what these will be. Some growers believe they will not receive more that $8 or $8 per ton, "while others hope to get aa much aa $11. It is a safe prediction however that the price will be low because ot the general livestock condition and the heavy crop. REV. W. L. VAX NUTS WILL BE HERB I j Rev. W. L. Van Nuys Is coming , from Portland and will preach in the j Presbyterian Church, both morning j and evening, on June 19th. 1 The services are open to all who wish to attend ; TO GET NEWS OF FIGHT Arrangements are 'being made to receive telegraphic reports, as the rounds progress, of the Dempsy-Car-nentier prizefight which is to be held on July 2. Wayne and Paul Olson came up on the traln from Portland Wednes day morning. They will make a short visit of about three weeks on the Steam's ranch.